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TELSMITH, INC.

10910 N. INDUSTRIAL DR., MEQUON, WI, 53092
Operated by ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC · 1 of 13 establishments
333120Construction Machinery Manufacturing

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OSHA inspections
11
over 34 years
Violations
34
$34,813 in penalties
Penalties
$34,813
$1,024 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
4 National Emphasis Program inspections · 2 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

TELSMITH, INC. has accumulated 34 OSHA violations across 11 inspections over 34 years of recorded history, with $34,813 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 87th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 101 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 92nd percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 8 years ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

TELSMITH, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, NLRB labor relations, and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
11
0.3 / yr · last 34 yrs
Violations
34
1.0 / yr
Penalties
$34,813
$1,024 avg / violation
47% serious53% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
9 of 11
Inspection trigger · referral
2 of 11

73% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 5 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.

Peer comparison

87th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3331 within WI. Peer group: 101 employers. This establishment has 34 OSHA violations; peer median is 6.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
88th
peer median: $6,300
Inspection frequency
92nd
peer median: 2

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.

DART rate
3.5
vs industry
+1.9
TRIR
6.2
vs industry
+3.4

Reported for 267 average annual employees at this establishment.

Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
2.8
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.6
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
6.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Complaint
9
Referral
2

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Apr 2018

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).

Severe injury reports — events

Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Apr 25, 2018Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecifiedForearm(s)Hospitalized

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
8 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 8+ years. Most recent activity: 8 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for TELSMITH, INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for TELSMITH, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in WI — for ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC, not this location alone

Total cases
3
Unfair labor practice
3

National Labor Relations Board — unfair labor practice charges and union representation cases. The NLRB records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC locations in the same state.

NLRB cases

National Labor Relations Board cases involving this employer. Includes unfair labor practice (ULP) filings and representation election proceedings. NLRB enforcement is process-driven; no per-case monetary penalty is assessed (remedies are case-by-case backpay orders, posting requirements, election re-runs, etc.). 3 cases · 3 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
18-CA-249802Unfair labor practiceOct 2019Dec 2020ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-129317Unfair labor practiceMay 2014Jun 2014ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
30-CA-076754Unfair labor practiceMar 2012May 2012ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Source: NLRB case files. Rows shown are those the agency has published. Region numbers (1–31) correspond to NLRB's geographic offices.

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for TELSMITH, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for TELSMITH, INC.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

EPA-registered facilities

Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
TELSMITH
10910 N INDUSTRIAL DR · THIENSVILLE, WI, 53092
RCRATRINo Violation Identified00May 2019View →

Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.

Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)

DOT number
1642334
Operation
A

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for TELSMITH, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC (across 6 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$50K
Obligated (all-time)
$28.3M
Awards (all-time)
47

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2018-04-12Complaint44$17,000
2013-07-19Complaint0$0
2013-04-16Complaint62$5,100
2013-04-16Complaint1$0
2010-03-23Referral0$0
2008-07-16Complaint0$0
2008-04-15Referral11$1,313
2002-06-14Complaint66$9,400
1999-08-05Complaint2$0
1994-12-20Complaint3$1,500
1992-03-17Complaint113$500

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

TELSMITH, INC. is one of 13 establishments rolled up under the parent organization ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC across all 13 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in construction machinery manufacturing within WI, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on TELSMITH, INC. from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC, which operates 13 establishments in our dataset.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

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Frequently asked

What is TELSMITH, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
TELSMITH, INC. has 11 OSHA inspections on record with 34 violations and $34,812.5 in total penalties.
How does TELSMITH, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
TELSMITH, INC. operates in the construction machinery manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.8. TELSMITH, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 3.5 compared to an industry average of 1.6.